Very Random Thoughts - January 2018

• Remember all the lame things your parents used to do and say? How many do you do and say now?
•  A new BS weather term to describe the early January snowstorm in the northeast. "Bomb Cyclone". 
• Just went through some furniture moves. Why do we lug around furniture that weighs 3 tons and barely fits through our doors?
• Please, brag about how smart you are so I can be sure you really are.
• The older I get, the more people are concerned about my activities. Maybe they are concerned about my ability to pull off the activity in question without severe bodily harm. 
• Do we really need the Goodyear blimp to show us the roofs of the enclosed stadiums?
• Oh no, all my old friends are turning into our parents. They bitch about those "damn young folks". 
• Remember, many of our parents didn't like the Beatles, Beach Boys, long hair, etc. Times change.
• When someone says "I didn't mean anything by that", you can be sure that they did.
• I have a file folder in the cloud named "Download Upload". That seems a little confusing and schizophrenic.
• Worth repeating daily, opinions and beliefs are not facts.
• Who figured this out? In the US armed forces, a lieutenant general (3 stars, O-9) outranks a major general (2 stars, O-8). Yet a major (O-4) outranks a lieutenant (O-2). The Navy is far less confusing.
• I never thought I'd become a septuagenarian.
• Oxymoron - Starbuck's  new "blonde expresso".
• I think I may have more blocked spam phone numbers on my phone than I have legitimate numbers in my contact list. That "Do not call" list really works well.
• When did I get so noisy just getting out of bed? There are now joints creaking and popping, coughs, sneezes, sniffles, moans, and sometimes profanity.
• Whatever happened to instrumental songs?
• "No problem" is not an acceptable substitute for "You're welcome".

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